Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 7th, 2010
So, I’m having trouble blogging on the ship (specifically, WiFi connectivity problems). I hope to correct it in the morning. If not, I’ll be posting entries from my iPhone only, which is suboptimal at best. Anyway, today we visited the Guggenheim in Venice (very enjoyable), made our way to the new ship (which is both […]
Posted in Albania, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 28th, 2010
I’m writing this aboard a Delta Airline’s flight. This is my final business trip before our vacation next week. I have to say: this vacation has been a long time in coming. It will be our first time back to Europe in about 15 months. That’s probably not long by most standards, but it’s an […]
Posted in Croatia, Holland America, Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 21st, 2010
We’re off to Venice in two weeks from today! And then we’ll be on the brand new Nieuw Amsterdam (actually the 4th Nieuw Amsterdam in HAL’s history) for her (semi-)inaugural sailing. I say “semi” because she starts a 10-day cruise three days ahead of us. We’re embarking later on the shorter 7-day sailing in order […]
Posted in Albania, Blogosphere, Greece, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam, Travel Trifecta on Dec 31st, 2009
I’ll admit it. I might be the world’s worst blogger. According to this corner of cyberspace, we seem to still be en route to Minnesota… That’s a very long trip (since early October)! Actually, I started writing this post in mid-December on another plane flying across the country from Minneapolis to California for a business […]